Bottle case



E. W. HAMANN BOTTLE CASE Ust, M 193%., Lll

Filed June 23. 1923 Patented Unt. Mr, 1924.

EDWARD WILLIAM. HAMANN, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

BOTTLE CASE.

Application tiled June,

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILLIAM HAMANN, yof the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invent-- ed certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Cases, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bottle cases of the kind such as are utilized for shipping soft drinks and an `Object of the invention is to provide a case which can be manufactured at comparatively small cost and which will effectively prevent breakage of the bottles placed therein, a fea-- ture of the invention being also that the case is comparatively small, although it has a large capacity for bottles.

A further object is to construct a case having upstanding posts separating the bottles and to provide a particularly effective means for fastening the posts to thetbottom of the boX, said fastening means being designed so that the posts can be quickly put in place when the bottom is being assembled and such that they will be permanently held in place when the bottom is completed..

With the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the bottle case.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view centrally through the case.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a modified form of post or pin and showing the manner in 1vhich it is held in place in the bottom of the In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The case is substantially rectangular and.v embodies two end boards: 1 and 2, side boards 3 and 41 connecting the end boards, and a bottom 5 which is formed from several boards. The sides are nailed or otherwise fastened to the ends and here it will be observed that the sides do not go fully down to the bottom and in this way a clearance space 6 is reserved at each side of the box to allow of the ready cleaning out of the same, as by sweeping or Flushing. The bottom of the box is formed from three pieces 1923. serial No. 647,281.

7, 8 and 9, and when these are applied thel pieces 7 and 8 are first fastened by nails or such like 10 to thebox ends and then the piece 9 is fastened by further nails 11.

In the boX I have located a plurality of similar equi-length posts 12 which are secured to the bottoni of the boX and are utilized to space and separate the bottles placed therein. Each post is provided with an enlarged lower end`13, In Fig. 3 the lower end of the post is in the form of a flat head 14 of larger diameter than the post body and of a thickness equal to the thickness of the board 8f In Fig. 4: the lower end of the post isin the form of a tapering head 15 having the basethereof of greater diameter than the post body and the length or thickness of thehead is approximately equal to the thickness of the boards 7 and 8. As 'hereinbefore stated, the post shown in Fig. 4 is simply a modified form of post as l prefer to use the form of post shown in 3. lhen ther posts, as shown in Fig. 3, are used the board 7 is bored to provide properly and equi-spaced openings 16 which make a sliding ft with the'bodies of the posts and the board 8 is bored to provide openings or holes 17 which snugly receive the heads 141 of the posts.` 'According to the above arrangement the posts `are put in place when the bottom of the box is being assembled, the posts being first pushed up through the openings 16 until the heads thereof seat against the underside of the board 7, then the board 8 is put in place, the openings 17 receiving the heads of the posts and finally the bottom board 9 is applied. VVh-en the various boards forming the bottom are rmly nailed tothe ends of the case it will'be obvious that the posts are very permanently attached to the bottom of the box and without being required to be sepa rately nailed or otherwise secured.

In order to strengthen the bottom comparatively short nails 18 can be driven into the same and these nails prevent the posts from spreading the bottom boards apart, should the said posts be subject to a blow, as might occur with rough usage. 1t will be distinctly understood, however, that these nails 18 do not enter the posts, but simply fasten the three boards, forming the bottom, together. VVher-e the bottom is formed to receive posts having tapering heads like those 15 the openings 16 and 17 in the boards 7 and 8 will be tapered to receive thel head inthe manner shown in Fig 4. `V 'lfheseilatten'pestsand the bottom boards are then assembled in the manner asjbefore described and When the bottom is finally secured in place the postsare lirmly anchored. lt is desirable that each bottom piece of' the boxvbe yafsingle board asin this Way the structure is materially strengthened as there isv no possibility of cracks or joints which would weaken the structure.

y'Thebottles,fWhich are indicated'lby theV dotted. circles1l9,'. are placed in the boxy in the manner asfshotvn` in Fig. 2 and here it l' vvvill be observed that the inner bottles are spaced bythe postsfand that they outer bottlesare held ini placebetvveen the sides and ends ol ythe box'y and the outerposts.

' A1 caseof this kind, holding twenty four bottles asshown, is considerably smaller than; the cases at present used andy this is storage purposes. n

I? might pointent thata single board could bet substituted yfor those 7- andy 8 and anj importantfeature in shipping and `fior ini-such a case the ho-les 1.6 ivillbe bored and thoseA 17.' counter sunk', or in thel modification shown in: Fig.` t the tapering hole could be made.inthe singlfeaboard". This arrangel.;fbottlecasehaving a multiboard bottom and a plurality of similar bottle spacing posts extending upwardly from the bottom,

bottle spacing posts carried by the bottom.

each post passing through the inner board and having an enlarged head received? with in a suitable opening providedin the interniediateboard, the said' heads being retained in place by the under board.

3. A bottle case having the bottom thereof formed from an upper, a lower, and an intermediate board, the said upper board being provided with a )lura-lity of suitably spaced openings and tie said intermediate board: beingy provided with a plurality ol openings registering with the former openings and oflarger diameter, andbottlespacing posts extending. snu ly through "the openings inthe upper boarfgl andi having en larged. heads ttingr the openingsin thef intermediate board-v, the said heads beingI held in lace by the lower" board.

ligned'at Winnipeg, this 23rd day of March, 1923. f

EDWARD `VILLIAM In` the presence of@ GERALDv S. R'oXBURGH, M.- B. KELLEHER; 

